Case report: This article reports a case of an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated acute retinal necrosis. A 72-year-old male patient presented in the emergency department complaining of progressive loss of vision. During patient management an acute retinal necrosis was suspected and the subsequent diagnostics from a vitreal body biopsy showed positive results only for the EBV genome.
Objective: The EBV is a rare cause of ocular inflammation. With this report we would like to draw the attention of colleagues to this unusual finding.
Conclusion: Although EBV screening is not part of the standard diagnostic procedure, its implementation in relevant clinical situations could possibly assist the differentiation between causal relationship and morbidity.
Keywords: Biopsy; Ocular inflammation; Retinitis; Uveitis; Vitreous body.